Manchester's Brian Robert attempts to pin Springport's Brenden Hunter during their 215-pound bout at the Cardinal Duels at Michigan Center High School Saturday. Robert defeated Hunter by pin. Manchester won the tournament going 5-0, after defeating Springport, 46-29. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

Springport's Jacob Cooper tries to gain back points against Manchester's Justin Reyst during their 160-pound bout at the Cardinal Duels at Michigan Center High School Saturday. Cooper defeated Reyst by technical fall. Manchester won the tournament going 5-0, after defeating Springport, 46-29. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

MICHIGAN CENTER, MI – The Manchester wrestling team is quickly collecting the hardware this season.

The Flying Dutchmen are fresh of their Jackson Area Wrestling Showdown title last Saturday at Jackson High School.

This Saturday, the Dutchmen added another trophy to their collection by defeating Springport in the championship match 46-29 to take home the Michigan Center Invitational title.

“It’s usually a really good, hard-fought match between these two teams. I knew they matched up well with us,” Manchester coach Steve Vlcek said. “It’s been like four or five years in a row now that we’ve met them.”

The Dutchmen cruised through their pool play, defeating Quincy 66-6, Grass Lake 66-7 and Jonesville 73-5. The only team that kept up was the overall third-place finisher Lansing Eastern, who lost to 49-17.

“We saw Lansing Eastern at Leslie last year, and they were really solid,” Vlcek said. “But our kids came out ready for them.”

In the other pool, Springport started out by narrowly escaping with a 37-30 victory over Niles Brandywine in its opening match. The Spartans then went on to defeat Brooklyn Columbia Central 60-18, Adrian Madison 45-28 and Michigan Center 54-15.

“I thought in the early rounds, we looked really good,” Springport coach David Pratt said. “I think execution is something we will be looking to fine tune in the next few weeks as we get things rolling towards the post season.”

Springport got off to a quick start against Manchester with a pin by Cody Beam in the 171-pound bout and a 9-4 decision by Jeff Teague. But once Manchester got into the heart of its lineup, the Dutchmen pulled away.

“(Springport) has those three guys at 160, 171 and 189, and I knew those guys were going to be there,” Vlcek said. “You just try to survive against those kinds of kids. Our kids kept fighting, even to save one point, and that’s all I can ask from them.”